Trunk lock



Feb. '4, 1930.

c. HINDE 15745,:422

TRUNK LOCK Filed Sept. 29, .1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 T E //////////J z I 7 fi -5. Z6 a /5- 20 J7 INVENTOR.

. l6 z/ I ,9 CHARLES HINDE BY I ATTORNEY c. HINDE TRUNK LOCK Filed Sept. 29, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR I, CHARLES HINDE YG ATTORNEY Feb. 4,- 1930.

Patented Feb. 4, 1930 CHARLES HINDE, OF WILMINGTON, CALIFORNIA TRUNK noon Application filed September 29, 1926. Serial No. 138,478.

This invention relates to trunks generally and more particularly to closures therefor, and it is the purpose of my invention to provide simple and substantial means for securing the closure of the trunk in its closed 7 position, in a manner to produce a fluid tight 1 joint between the closure and the trunk body, and to effectively lock the closure in its closed position.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification I have illustrated one embodi-.

mentof my invention, but it will be understood that certain changes or modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. 7 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front end View of a trunk constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1; t

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showi-ng the closure opened;

Figure 4 is a section on line 44 of Figure 3, and e Figure 5, is a section on line 55 of 7 Figure 1. 0 The trunk body 10herein illustrated may I be of any suitable well known construction 7 and design, and the same may be manufactured of any well known material. It is formed at one end'to provide an opening 11 whose walls are rabbeted at 12 to form ajamb for a swinging closure 13. In the rabbet is mounted a sealing gasket 14 of rubber or the like, against which the closure may be yieldingly advanced.

The said closure 13 carries a hinge leaf 15 which is joined bythe pintle 16 to a slidably mountedleaf 17, the latter adapted for move ment in a slot-18 formed in the lower part of the rabbeted walls 12 and between spaced plates 1919 secured to the floor of the trunk 7 body at a point inwardly of the opening 11. Sliding movement of said leaf 17 is limited by means of a stop screw 20 which passes through a longitudinal slot 21 in said'leaf,

' the said screw having connection with the floor of the trunk. The leaf 17 when moved to the position shown in Figure 3, permits the closure 13 to be swung entirely to one side of the opening 11 in order that clear access may be had to the inside of the trunk.

Extending across the opening 12 is a bar 21, the same disposed at the rear of the rabbet 12. This bar carries a bolt 22 adapted, when the closure 13 is i in the position shown in Figure 2 to projectthrough an opening 23 in'said closure.

The closure 13 is provided with a rotary member 24, having a threaded sleeve 25 adapted to receive the bolt 22 and to rotate thereon so that the member 24 will be pressed against the outer face of the closure and thereby cause the closure to be advanced into sealed contact with the gasket 14. In this manner, means are provided for uniformly causing the closure to bear with equal pressure against said gasket. The member 24: carries the hinged section 25 of a lock mechanism whose bolt 26 is adapted to co-act with a keeper plate 27 on the closure at a point'above the opening 23. It manifestly follows that after the closure has been adjusted to its sealed posi-, tion', the hinged section 25 of said lock mechanism may be adjusted to the position set forth and for the object of holding the closure securely closed so that it cannot be opened except by means of a key. The lock mechanism may be of any suitable well known construction.

A. cover plate 28 is pivotally mounted on the closure 13 and same may be adjusted to a position to cover the opening 23 when the lock mechanism aforementioned is not used. This protects the contents of the trunk from dust when the trunk is used within a household for ordinary storage purposes. For this reason, I also find it desirable to employ a swinging latch plate 29 on the closure which may be turned to engage with a keeper slot 30 in an adjacent wall of the trunk as shown in Figures 1 and 5. Said plate 29 is movable between stops 31 and 32 on a member 33 fixed to said closure 13. A manipulating knob 34 on the closure permits one to make convenient adjustments of the closure, as will be appreciated.

I claim t 1. A locln'ng device for trunk closures comprising threaded means adapted to be secured in fixed position in the door opening of the trunk body, rotary and threaded means adapted to be extended through a door for the opening for. threaded engagement with the first means, to move the door toseal the door opening in response to rotation of said rotary means, a keeper adapted to be secured to the door, and said rotary means including a looking mechanism hingedly connected thereto and adapted for locking engagement with said keeper to secure the last means to the ClOOI'. v

2; A locking device for trunk closures comprising a bar adapted to be secured to the trunk body in spanning relation to its door opening and having a threaded stud fixed thereto, and a rotary member including an internally threaded sleeve adaptedto be extended through the; door and threaded upon said stud, by which the door is adapted to be drawn into sealing engagement with respect to the door opening, said rotary member including a lock mechanism, and a keeper adapted to be secured to the door, to which the bolt of the locking mechanism is adapted to be locked to secure the rotary member to aothe door.

, 3. A locking device for trunk closures comprising a bar adapted to be'secured to the trunk body in spanning relation to its door opening, athreaded stud projecting from the bar, a rotary member comprising a pair of hingedly connected sections, one of which is provided with a lock mechanism and the other with an internally threaded sleeve adapted to beextended through a door for 40 the opening and rotated on said stud to cause the door to bedrawn into sealing engagement with the door opening, a keeper adapted to be secured to the door and to be engaged by the bolt of the lock mechanism to lock the rotary member to the door and against rotation on the stud. 7 CHARLES HINDE. 

